Comments on: What a strange and powerful tool – Twitter, Ashton and me

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:06:32 +0000

Very nice article.

Here’s my latest Twitter web comic: http://bit.ly/VAc15

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:45:32 +0000

Next post is up. What WOULD Oprah Do? http://tinyurl.com/cpbwhs

Feel free to share it.

And please comment if there’s something I’ve missed.

Jeff

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:10:39 +0000

suZen– While Oprah may excel at playing the audience card, the fact remains she is introducing new technologies to her audience and because she’s doing it, they do it too, but because she’s not explaining how things work (maybe because she doesn’t know), her fans/followers join, get confused, and give up.

A few weeks ago, Howard Stern talked about Twitter on his radio show when he/they joined as @sternshow. Within hours, I ran twitter searches and saw hundreds–HUNDREDS–of questions asking @sternshow how this and that worked. Who’s answering them? Who’s answering Oprah’s new followers?

What works on TV does not necessarily translate to online media. That’s where Jeff can help.

Ari Herzog’s last blog post..GoDaddy Essentially Changes its Name to Big Brother

By: Gerry Corbett

Gerry Corbett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:46:47 +0000

Jeff:

Well done! At the end of the day, though, Twitter and other tools are about providing value and adding something of substance to people. In observing celebs, it seems to be about numbers, its seems to be about building followers, it seems to be about generating interest for TV shows or celeb ventures. Let’s get back to providing wisdom, to helping folks solve problems or build communities or get a job.

Keep up the good work.

By: suZen

suZen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:41:24 +0000

Also, one more thing about Oprah:

She’s great at what she does because she puts herself in the place of her audience – asking the questions a “newbie” would ask. She often asks not to know things in advance so she can approach any topic as her audience would for the first time. This includes reacting to a news story, showing discomfort over learning something new, expressing not knowing how to do something so her “expert” will explain it fully to audience members hearing about something for the first time.

suZen’s last blog post..suZen: Second day in a row http://weather.com has reported low 70s while http://accuweather.com has reported 96 & feels like 101. Accuweather wins.